---
name: "Philip A. Gillis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-a-gillis"
fi1m_id: "philip-a-gillis"
imdb_id: "nm0319310"
tmdb_id: 1116941
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:52:32.948712+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Philip A. Gillis

## Identity

Philip A. Gillis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-a-gillis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-a-gillis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0319310
- **TMDB ID:** 1116941
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1116941

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1116941

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Evil Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md) (77)

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## Biography

Philip A. Gillis is an actor. He is credited as a Fake Shemp in *The Evil Dead* (1981). He also appeared as a priest in *Crimewave* (1985) and *Darkman* (1990), and as a desk clerk in *Lunatics: A Love Story* (1991).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Evil Dead* (1983), Fi1m 77, as Fake Shemp — [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lunatics: A Love Story* (1991), as Desk Clerk
- *Darkman* (1990), as Priest
- *Crimewave* (1985), as Priest
- *The Evil Dead* (1983), as Fake Shemp — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/philip-a-gillis